Abstract
Hydrodeoxygenation of the lignin monomer guaiacol was performed on the bifunctional catalysts of noble-metals supported on acidic matrices. The catalytic roles of metal nanoparticles and acidic supports were elucidated using the acid-site-measurement-dependent catalysis results, which demonstrated that metals were responsible for the hydrogenation of aromatic rings while metal-deposited acidic supports were indispensable to the deoxygenation of oxygenates. Among various combinations of metals and supports, Rh/SiO 2-Al 2O 3 and Ru/SiO 2-Al 2O 3 exhibited the highest cyclohexane yields.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 54-58 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Catalysis Communications |
| Volume | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Jan 2012 |
Keywords
- Biomass
- Catalyst
- Guaiacol
- Hydrodeoxygenation
- Lignin
- Rh/SiO -Al O